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Def Jam: Fight for NY cover artvsSplatoon 2 cover art

Def Jam: Fight for NYvsSplatoon 2

Def Jam: Fight for NY leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Splatoon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Def Jam: Fight for NYSplatoon 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Splatoon 2 leans harder on execution: aim and movement decide ink battles

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Splatoon 2 leans harder on optimization: loadout and turf strategy solvable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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